Mothball-sized hail!
By adamg - Tue, 06/24/2008 - 5:03pm.
OK, I admit I'm posting this mainly to run a headline that says "Mothball-sized hail!" because, really, when's the last time you saw a headline like that? Let alone actual mothball-sized hail, as reported by a woman in Seekonk?
As I type this, it is pouring here in Southborough, although it's nowhere near as bad as yesterday, when we couldn't see to the other side of the reservoir along Rte. 9.
UPDATE: Apparently mothballs are a common unit of hail measurement. Go figure.
South Boston
Reporting in from work (where my scooter remains in the garage here still):
Pea-sized hail (linked to prove that my measurement is actually NOAA approved! :) hitting our window sills and I'm guessing about 40 mph winds, but that's after they rip around the building.
Lexington
I got some mothball-sized hail on the way through Lexington.
Or maybe it was dime-sized. In any case, it made some impressive noises as it hit my windshield. Buckets of water, flash flooding. Then 128 was dry by Waltham.
Eeyup, some weather we're havin'
That's surprising
I didn't know that moths had them!
Don't take a job in the Hancock if you get seasick
I am 75% of the way up in the Hancock Tower and our building is swaying back & forth in this huge Thunderstorm!
Flooded cars in Medford
Under a rushing commuter train.
Hail, hail, Hailstone!
Hail, hail, Hailstone!
To war, to war, Freedonia's gone to War!
Hail Hail Freedonia Land of the Brave, and Free!
I took some photos
And then switched over to video. I've taken some photos of the aftermath from my roof, I'll add them to the set later.
Inside Job
Yesterday, we had a 25 person meeting crammed into our conference room.
Good thing that meeting was a one day meeting - even though they usually run to two days. The ceiling collapsed today when water backed up and flooded into it.